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Cruise operators to offer on-line booking to comply with DHS new security requirements
DHS wants cruise operators to give it passenger lists at least twenty-four hours before the cruise sails; new on-line booking may help the industry meet this requirement
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Government, airlines tighten security to meet potential flu pandemic
Government and airlines are taking early measures to cope with avian flu pandemic; some critics say more needs to be done, but all agree that preparations are much better than was the case in Katrina
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TSA's Kip Hawley tries to turn agency around, but administration's starvation diet hampers effort
Management professor gives new TSA leadership high marks for effort, but says that unless administration puts more money where its mouth is, many problems will remain
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TSA no-fly list continues to be a source of waste of effort -- and embarrassment
More than 28,000 people were mistakenly added to the no-fly list; more recently, even toddlers have found it difficult to get on board
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Aviation security expert: technology is not enough
Airport security is about more than machines and technology, but the human component is not yet what it should be
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On obtaining - and keeping - the now-tougher-to-get C-TPAT
Another program rushed into existence after 9/11 was the safe shipper program; DHS has allocated so few resources to the program, that Congress suspended it; last March the administration toughened the program requirements, so applicants may want to re-educate themselves about it
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Advanced Technology Systems wins contract to support BTSNet
Sophisticated wireless communication system among all border security elements to be moved to the next phase
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TSA seeks bids to help jump-start in-limbo Registered Traveler program
TSA’s own frequent flyer program has gotten off to a troubled start; now DHS issues RFPs to revive it
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Global General Technologies in aggressive Chinese market deal
China is a big market for everything, including security products and solutions; this recognition is not lost on GGT, a company eager to market its perimeter security solution in the east
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Unisys awarded large TSA contract
IT security is big and getting bigger, and big players such as Unisys get the big contracts this time from TSA and DHS
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Guardian OKd to sell explosive detection system to Mexico
In Mexico, too, they are worried about explosives being smuggled on board planes, so companies developing explosive detection systems (EDSs) have that market open to them
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US-VISIT completes installing biometric systems at 154 U.S. border ports
All of the U.S. 154 land ports are now equipped with biometric entry control systems and procedures
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Florida business leaders argue security measures hurt the state economy
You would expect civic leaders in Madison, Wisconsin, or Berkeley, California, to complain that the U.S. government is too preoccupied with homeland security; but business leaders in Florida? The latter argue that too much emphasis on security is bad for business
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Congress to require background checks on contract aviation maintenance workers
What’s in a preposition: If you do maintenance work on a U.S. aircraft and work for the airline, you are subject to a thorough background check; if you do maintenance work on a U.S. aircraft but do not work for the airline (say, you work for a subcontractor), you are not subject to background checks. This will now change
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The long view
Calls Grow for U.S. to Counter Chinese Control, Influence in Western Ports
Experts say Washington should consider buying back some ports, offer incentives to allies to decouple from China.